Botox treatment
General
Botulinum toxin is a fascinating medicament. In medicine this biologically created protein of the bacterium clostridium is known as aremedy with various applications. The range stretches from ophthalmology up to the aftercare of stroke patients. Since a few years botulinum toxin is used as a modern and effective medicine against disturbing and unwanted mimic-wrinkles and against sweating. Botulinum toxin acts at the tip of the nerves where it blocks the distribution of a messenger that is responsible for the muscle contraction. That way the facial muscles are relaxed. Extreme skin movements relevant for the creation of wrinkles are disabled and already existing wrinkles smoothed out.
Technique
Botulinum toxin will be injected very precisely with a very fine needle into those muscles that produce wrinkles by frequent contraction. The application is performed on an outpatient basis, takes only a few minutes and already shows its effect after a few days.
The USA and Europe practice this medical-aesthetic therapy since many years. Numerous medical publications attest the reliable and successful treatments.
The treated facial area already presents a reduction of wrinkles after 3 to 12 days. The muscle relaxation lasts between 6 and 9 months with botulinum toxin. Due to the diminished activity of single facial portions the habit to use certain mimic that causes these wrinkles is broken up and therefore prevents the formation of new ones at the same time.
